Edinburgh Headlines 15 September: Empty South Queensferry home bought with £775,000 of taxpayers money prompts local anger

The latest news headlines from the Edinburgh Evening News, Friday September 15th.

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00:00 Hi there and welcome back to Edinburgh News.com. I'm Oda Morrison, I'm the editor here at

00:05 the Evening News and I'm going to run through just some of the main stories from the day

00:08 so far. A four bedroom cottage bought by the Scottish

00:13 Government with £775,000 of taxpayers' money back in 2012 is going to rack and ruin

00:20 as been claimed. The fisheries in South Queensferry has reportedly

00:24 been vandalised and is now falling into disrepair and locals are calling for it to be used to

00:30 house the homeless or as a community facility. A 150 year old pub has reopened in Edinburgh

00:38 under a new name, much to the delight of locals. Logan's Rest in WrestleRig was formerly known

00:44 as the Bunch o' Roses which was crowned the Edinburgh Evening News Pub of the Year back

00:48 in 2017. And finally, today marks the launch of our 10th Local Hero Awards and we're asking

00:56 you to nominate your community heroes. All of the details on the categories and how to

01:01 nominate are up on our website now. If you've got a story that you think we should be covering

01:07 or that you want to let us know about, please do get in touch. All our details are over

01:10 on our Contact Us page and as always, stick around for the latest news from Edinburgh

01:14 as we get it throughout the day and over the weekend.